Solution to American Championship

by Naomi Cliffer

The puzzle is a description of the letters pulled out of the bag by
each player in a Scrabble game, and their respective scores at each
turn. For example, the first player draws GIINNNW, plays WINNING for
80 points, and then draws EGLNRRTT. The first task is to figure out
how the game progresses.

Words played, in order:

Player 1

Player 2

WINNING

RANTS

ENTRANTS

EMITTING

LARGEST

ROSEMARY

VALUED

GUINEA

WORD

UXORIAL

SKYWAY, WINNINGS

WHOOP

ABODE, OE

ZETA

QUIVER

HYSSOP

PIPE

JIB

ALL

PARALLELEPIPED

OFTEN

ICONS

DOTE

CUD

And the final board looks like this:

V

D

O

T

E

Q

A

F

U

P

L

A

R

G

E

S

T

J

I

B

A

U

N

E

V

R

E

M

I

T

T

I

N

G

E

A

D

R

U

X

O

R

I

A

L

A

I

L

Z

W

I

N

N

I

N

G

s

E

E

O

T

E

K

I

L

T

R

O

S

E

M

A

R

Y

C

E

A

B

O

D

E

W

H

O

O

P

A

N

I

H

Y

S

S

O

p

E

C

U

D

Notice the first few words played by player 1: WINNING ENTRANTS
LARGEST VALUED WORD. The answer is thus PARALLELEPIPED, for 221
points (the largest valued word by far).